She is drawn to the river, and all its hideous, dead-eyed treasures: rot-bloated cats, and cold-meat corpses of unwanted infants, eels plucking at their tender fingers and toes.
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About Emmanuelle de Maupassant, The Gentlemen's Club
Emmanuelle de Maupassant, The Gentlemen's Club.
Themes
- Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave